Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a therapy developed by Albert Ellis with the goal of helping clients change their self-talk. (Smith, 2012) Self-talk is intrapersonal communication that occurs within a person's mind. Disturbed behaviors and unhappiness are the result of irrational self-talk and are based on how one reacts and interprets different events in one's life. So, if a client interprets a given event negatively, then they will begin negative self-talk in their own mind, which will then lead to negative responses. REBT asserts that most of us subscribe to some, if not all, of the "11 irrational beliefs" that fuel our irrational self-talk and negative responses to events. The 11 irrational beliefs are: 1. that you need love and approval from those you love or admire; 2. the belief that you cannot fail at anything; 3. the idea that when someone else acts in a way that you find unacceptable, you should damn them and consider them evil; 4. horrible, the idea that when something does not happen as you planned or thought, you should view the situation as horrible or terrible; 5. that we are unable to control or change how we feel about a situation due to external forces; 6. Catastrophize – believing that when our life is not exactly as we envisioned it, it is catastrophic; 7. a person's belief that it is safer to avoid life's challenges rather than to seek them out of fear of failure; 8. the irrational belief that you must depend on someone other than yourself; 9. irrational belief that past events determine our future and will continue to do so; 10. The irrational idea of ​​being very upset by someone else's problems; 11. finally, the irrational belief that...... in the middle of the article... different emotional problems between sessions. These cases recorded on the self-help form can then be discussed with the counselor in the next session. REBT has been shown to be a clinically effective therapy in thousands of studies over the years. (Ellis, 1971) Due to the number of techniques in this therapy, the counselor can adapt to the individual needs of their client using those that are helpful, but not necessarily all techniques. REBT is widely practiced and research and information available on its effectiveness, the different variations of the techniques are numerous. Works Cited Ellis, A. (1971). Emotional disorders and their treatment in brief. Canadian Advisor, 5(3), 168-170.R Jones-Smith, E. (2012). Theories of counseling and psychotherapy: an integrative approach. [Kindle version]. ISBN-978-1-4129-1004-0.